Saturday, December 27, 2008

Rhyme & Metre

Some people dislike poems that don’t rhyme for much the same reasons that they dislike hoodies with studs in their noses. Both seem to pose a vague threat to social order. Rhyme in poetry, like metre and rhythm, reflects a sense of balance and symmetry; to banish it, as a lot of modern poetry does, may seem like opening the floodgates to anarchy. Start off with free verse and you end up with free love.Consider this couplet from the 18th-century poet Alexander Pope...

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I tried replying before and was blocked, I try to keep rhyme, metre I've let go a little, I find them to be challenges to creativity, although I recognize that of themselves they do not constitute poetry-beauty of thought-I am not over keen on dark poetry, but each to their own I guess. oh to touch

Hey, thanks Rainfields!! I'm having a problem jumping back on the blogging track..I guess I make things more complicated than I should? Anyway..perhaps I'll surprise myself.Wishing you a wonderful afternoon-

Heaven overreaches you and me, And all earth's gardens and her graves. Look up with me, until we see The day break and the shadows flee. What though to-night wrecks you and me-If so to-morrow saves? Taken from (Leaves of Life)..Signer Crispi